Monday, April 05, 2004

• Premier Wen visits grain farmers in Hebei
• China to promote friendship, cooperation with Colombia
• Taiwan top police resigns over Chen shooting
• Chinese, Colombian FMs meet in Beijing
• CPPCC vice-chairman meets with Mozambique president
• Enterprises not optimistic about Taiwan authorities opening "three direct links"
• US interference in China's internal affairs condemned
• Dutch PM arrives in Beijing
• Nation quickens spread of e-gov't
• More than 60,000 protest Chen Shui-bian in Taipei
• Top leaders join in voluntary tree-planting activities
• HK: Calls for reason amid strife concerns
• State of emergency law to set basic rights
• Bird flu requires tight watch
• Draft interpretation of HK Basic Law agreed
• Chinese, Albanian FMs hold talks
• Chinese worship ancestors, deceased relatives on annual festival
• High-level symposium on UN reform concludes
• Contingency mechanism for public health emergencies takes initial shape
• Dialogue important for China and Japan amid problems, official
• Hu's speech on development strategies issued

• Four reasons why China will not revalue RMB
• EU, Japan ask for consultation over China's tax on semiconductors
• China the world's 4th auto producer
• Major chemical project started in Qianghai
• Automakers ax price
• Four reasons why China will not revalue RMB
• Nation to set up trust, investment association
• $70-100b goal set for auto export
• Shanghai office rent rise tops Asia
• IBM enters real estate market
• Foreign early birds move into securities
• Shenzhen exchange ready for SME board
• China approves inauguration of China Publishing Corp.
• EU announces increase in textile quotas
• China's peaceful rise offers more opportunities for overseas Chinese businessmen
• Biz weekly highlights Mar.29 --- Apr. 2 Small potatoes, big market
• Bird seeks funds to expand CDMA
• VC market bounces back in 2003
• Sino-American joint venture for production of auto paint launched

• Colombia vows to boost relations with China
• Road accidents are major health problem in Asia, Pacific: WHO
• Group claiming responsible for Madrid bombings threatens more attacks
• US may build missile defense system in Japan: report
• Sharon clashes with ministers over Gaza plan
• Russia to change plans of military construction because of NATO
• Thailand may make early Iraq exit
• Rebels storm police post in Nepal, kill nine
• Colombia vows to boost relations with China
• Poll opens in Indonesia's general election
• Arab nations ready to hold summit soon: LAS chief
• US Army: 10 US troops killed in Iraq
• Five policemen killed in Karachi shooting
• US govt warns of summer bomb plots
• UN secretary-general arrives in Moscow
• Pakistan's stand on Kashmir firm: FM
• Ugandan president urges Africans to unite on trade with West
• Rwandan president calls for genocide-preventing mechanism
• Sept. 11 panel head says findings will surprise public
• President wins Sri Lanka parliamentary polls

• United States can't be trusted on Taiwan

• Living with smokers increases death risk: NZ study
• China, Japan and ROK joint hands for Linux standards
• Guangdong plans China's biggest nuclear power plant
• Vaginal microbicides bring new hope in AIDS war: study
• Baby teeth may help cure brain diseases
• World's oldest irrigation facility marks 2,260th anniversary

• China finishes 7th in ice hockey worlds
• Yao Ming to appear in painting
• Chinese divers sweep at Zhuhai Grand Prix

• Forest fire kills one, injuring five in Zhejiang
• Foreigners & Chinese alike may apply for "China Environment Ambassador"
• DV works record real life
• Project tackles domestic violence
• Gender stereotypes hamper female professionals
• Corruption haunts Wenzhou high-rise project
• Intimate moments with a great man
• Job hunt an uphill battle for female graduates
• China becomes largest ostrich raiser in Asia
• Record numbers of tomb sweepers on Qingming Festival